Rename Filename Error

[dayankoven]

Hi there fellow experts,

I'm trying to replace a filename from a working directory to a a new filename. The problem that i face is that 2 of the files share the almost the same filename. Both these files will reside at the same time in the same directory;
/home/working

For eg :-
File A = LOAN_APPL20031209122345
File B = LOAN_APPL_STATUS20031109122355

I need to rename File A to become 110020031209122345
and File B to become 120020031109122355.

The script that i have is as following :-

for file in $1*
do
echo ${file#$1$3}
mv "${file}" "$2${file#$1$3}"
done

$1 is the parameter passed in which would be LOAN_APPL for File A and LOAN_APPL_STATUS for File B.

The problem is that since it is $1*, file B is also getting renamed when it reality it should not be. Could someone please help show how i can rename only file A and leave file B intact.

Thanks in advance to all the experts.

 

[dickiebird]

One way - there'll be others :-
If LOAN_APPL is being passed in $1, and the datetimestamp is always 14 chars, then do
for file in $1??????????????
and for the other file :
for file in $1_S*

HTH


Dickie Bird (-)))

 

[pmurray99]

#!/usr/bin/ksh


FileA=LOAN_APPL20031209122345
FileB=LOAN_APPL_STATUS20031109122355

mv $FileA ${FileA##+([A-Z_])}
mv $FileB ${FileB##+([A-Z_])}